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Neurochem Int ; 134: 104672, 2020 03.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31926989

ABSTRACT

Chronic constriction injury of the sciatic nerve is frequently considered as a cause of chronic neuropathic pain. Marked activation of microglia in the posterior horn (PH) has been well established with regard to this pain. However, microglial activation in the anterior horn (AH) is also strongly induced in this process. Therefore, in this study, we compared the differential activation modes of microglia in the AH and PH of the lumbar cord 7 days after chronic constriction injury of the left sciatic nerve in Wistar rats. Microglia in both the ipsilateral AH and PH demonstrated increased immunoreactivity of the microglial markers Iba1 and CD11b. Moreover, abundant CD68+ phagosomes were observed in the cytoplasm. Microglia in the AH displayed elongated somata with tightly surrounding motoneurons, whereas cells in the PH displayed a rather ameboid morphology and were attached to myelin sheaths rather than to neurons. Microglia in the AH strongly expressed NG2 chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan. Despite the tight attachment to neurons in the AH, a reduction in synaptic proteins was not evident, suggesting engagement of the activated microglia in synaptic stripping. Myelin basic protein immunoreactivity was observed in the phagosomes of activated microglia in the PH, suggesting the phagocytic removal of myelin. CCI caused both motor deficit and hyperalgesia that were evaluated by applying BBB locomotor rating scale and von Frey test, respectively. Motor defict was the most evident at postoperative day1, and that became less significant thereafter. By contrast, hyperalgesia was not severe at day 1 but it became worse at least by day 7. Collectively, the activation modes of microglia were different between the AH and PH, which may be associated with the difference in the course of motor and sensory symptoms.


Subject(s)
Macrophages/metabolism , Microglia/metabolism , Motor Neurons/metabolism , Spinal Cord/metabolism , Animals , Hyperalgesia/metabolism , Male , Neuralgia/metabolism , Rats, Wistar , Sciatic Nerve/metabolism
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BMC Anesthesiol ; 19(1): 83, 2019 05 22.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31113379

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: In patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), the membrane-attack complex (MAC) formed on red blood cells (RBCs) causes hemolysis due to the patient's own activated complement system by an infection, inflammation, or surgical stress. The efficacy of transfusion therapy for patients with PNH has been documented, but no studies have focused on the perioperative use of salvaged autologous blood in patients with PNH. CASE PRESENTATION: A 71-year-old man underwent total hip replacement surgery. An autologous blood salvage device was put in place due to the large bleeding volume and the existence of an irregular antibody. The potassium concentration in the transfer bag of salvaged RBCs after the wash process was high at 6.2 mmol/L, although the washing generally removes > 90% of the potassium from the blood. This may have been caused by continued hemolysis even after the wash process. Once activated, the complement in patients with PNH forms the MAC on the RBCs, and the hemolytic reaction may not be stopped even with RBC washing. CONCLUSIONS: Packed RBCs, instead of salvaged autologous RBCs, should be used for transfusions in patients with PNH. The use of salvaged autologous RBCs in patients with PNH should be limited to critical situations, such as massive bleeding. Physicians should note that the hemolytic reaction may be present inside the transfer bag even after the wash process.


Subject(s)
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip/adverse effects , Hemoglobinuria, Paroxysmal/blood , Hemoglobinuria, Paroxysmal/diagnosis , Hemolysis/physiology , Operative Blood Salvage/methods , Aged , Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip/trends , Blood Transfusion, Autologous/methods , Erythrocyte Transfusion/methods , Hemoglobinuria, Paroxysmal/therapy , Humans , Male
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Brain Res ; 1710: 22-32, 2019 05 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30578768

ABSTRACT

Carbon monoxide (CO) causes not only acute fatal poisoning but also may cause a delayed neurologic syndrome called delayed encephalopathy (DE), which occasionally occurs after an interval of several days to several weeks post-exposure. However, the mechanisms of DE have not been fully elucidated. This study aimed to clarify the pathophysiology of CO-induced DE and its distinctive features compared with hypoxemic hypoxia. Rats were randomly assigned to three groups; the air group, the CO group (exposed to CO), and the low O2 group (exposed to low concentration of O2). Impairment of memory function was observed only in the CO group. The hippocampus tissues were collected and analyzed for assessment of CO-induced changes and microglial reaction. Demyelination was observed only in the CO group and it was more severe and persisted longer than that observed in the low O2 group. Moreover, in the CO group, decreased in microglial cell numbers were observed using flow cytometry, and microglia with detached branches were observed were observed using immunohistochemistry. Conversely, microglial cells with shortened branches and enlarged somata were observed in the low O2 group. Furthermore, mRNAs encoding several neurotrophic factors expressed by microglia were decreased in the CO group but were increased in the low O2 group. Thus, CO-induced DE displayed distinctive pathological features from those of simple hypoxic insults: prolonged demyelination accompanying a significant decrease in microglial cells. Decreased neurotrophic factor expression by microglial cells may be one of the causes of CO-induced DE.


Subject(s)
Brain Diseases/physiopathology , Carbon Monoxide Poisoning/physiopathology , Hypoxia/physiopathology , Microglia/pathology , Animals , Apoptosis/drug effects , Avoidance Learning/drug effects , Axons/drug effects , Axons/pathology , Brain Diseases/chemically induced , Cell Count , Encephalitis/chemically induced , Hippocampus/drug effects , Hippocampus/pathology , Hypoxia/chemically induced , Male , Microglia/drug effects , Microglia/metabolism , Oligodendroglia/drug effects , Oligodendroglia/pathology , Rats, Wistar
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Medicine (Baltimore) ; 96(49): e9026, 2017 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29245289

ABSTRACT

RATIONALE: Coffin-Lowry syndrome (CLS) is a rare inherited disease with specific clinical features, such as mental retardation, facial dysmorphism, and cardiac abnormality. In particular, the characteristic facial features of CLS, including retrognathia and large tongue, are associated with difficult ventilation and/or intubation, which is a serious problem of anesthesia management. However, case reports on anesthesia management of CLS are very limited as there are only two published English reports till date. In this case report, we discuss anesthetic and postoperative considerations in patients with CLS, focusing on difficult airway management, and summarize past reports including some Japanese articles. PATIENT CONCERNS: A 25-year-old man with CLS was planning to undergo laminectomy because of progressive quadriplegia caused by calcification of the yellow ligament. We suspected difficulty in airway management because of several factors in his facial features, short thyromental and sternomental distances in computed tomography, severe obesity, and sleep apnea syndrome. DIAGNOSES: Difficult airway was suspected. However, because of mental retardation, awake intubation was considered difficult. INTERVENTIONS: We selected bronchofiberscope-guided nasotracheal intubation, maintaining spontaneous breathing under moderate sedation with a propofol target-controlled infusion. OUTCOMES: Airway management was safely performed during anesthesia induction. LESSONS: In many patients with CLS, difficult intubation was reported, and sedation or slow induction maintaining spontaneous breathing was mainly selected for anesthesia induction. Spontaneous breathing should be maintained during anesthesia induction in case of CLS patients.


Subject(s)
Airway Management/methods , Coffin-Lowry Syndrome/complications , Laminectomy/methods , Obesity, Morbid/complications , Adult , Humans , Intellectual Disability/complications , Intubation, Intratracheal/methods , Male , Sleep Apnea Syndromes/complications
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J Anesth Hist ; 3(1): 19-23, 2017 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28160985

ABSTRACT

Seishu Hanaoka and Gendai Kamada are two Japanese pioneers in anesthesiology. Seishu Hanaoka was the world's first surgeon on record to successfully perform surgery under general anesthesia in 1804. Seishu discovered that six medicinal herbs containing Datura, stramonium, and Aconitum had anesthetic properties. From these, he developed Mafutsusan. His fame spread across Japan, and he was inundated with requests from patients and prospective students. He founded a private medical school (Shunrinken) and trained more than 1000 students. Gendai Kamada was an outstanding pupil of Seishu Hanaoka. From the perspective of the history of anesthesiology, three of Gendai's achievements had a global impact. (1) In 1839, he wrote the first textbook of clinical anesthesiology, Mafutsuto-ron; (2) in 1840, he authored Gekakihai-zufu, which included some of the oldest illustrations of surgery under general anesthesia; and (3) he trained Gensei Matsuoka, the world's second anesthesiologist.


Subject(s)
Anesthesiology/history , Surgeons/history , Anesthesia, General/history , History, 18th Century , History, 19th Century , Japan
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Am J Otolaryngol ; 36(2): 153-7, 2015.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25433972

ABSTRACT

PURPOSE: To present the utility of ambulatory anesthesia using manually assisted ventilation via a facemask for tympanic membrane (TM) regeneration therapy in children. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study included 10 children (age 4-11years) in whom the duration of perforation before treatment exceeded 6months and who were followed for at least 1year after treatment between December 2009 and December 2012. Under ambulatory anesthesia using manually assisted ventilation via a facemask, TM regenerative therapy with atelocollagen combined with basic fibroblast growth factor was performed in children who could not tolerate the procedure under local anesthesia alone. RESULTS: All of the children completed the TM regenerative therapy under ambulatory anesthesia in less than 5min. Complete closure was achieved in nine (81.8%) ears after 1year of postoperative follow-up. CONCLUSION: TM regenerative therapy can be performed under local anesthesia in less than 5min without a skin incision. However, local anesthesia is often insufficient in small children undergoing this procedure. Therefore, ambulatory anesthesia using manually assisted ventilation via a facemask is appropriate to complete this procedure safely in small children.


Subject(s)
Anesthesia/methods , Collagen/therapeutic use , Fibroblast Growth Factors/therapeutic use , Laryngeal Masks , Regenerative Medicine/methods , Tympanic Membrane Perforation/therapy , Ambulatory Care/methods , Child , Child, Preschool , Chronic Disease , Cohort Studies , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Japan , Male , Retrospective Studies , Risk Assessment , Severity of Illness Index , Time Factors , Treatment Outcome , Tympanic Membrane Perforation/diagnosis
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J Anesth Hist ; 1(4): 102-10, 2015 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26828086

ABSTRACT

On October 13, 1804, Seishu Hanaoka performed a mastectomy on Kan Aiya in Hirayama, Kii Province Japan, in what is considered to be the first operation under general anesthesia. She was anesthetized with a mixture of herbs known as Mafutsuto. Although Seishu did not record his anesthetic practices, his student, Gendai Kamada, documented the use of Mafutsuto in Mafutsuto-Ron. Written in 1839, Mafutsuto-Ron is 10 pages and covers six topics, including preoperative management, dosing and administering Mafutsuto, induction of general anesthesia, common errors, and postoperative precautions. Mafutsuto-Ron, therefore, meets the requirements to be considered the first extant anesthesia textbook. We present a complete English translation of Mafutsuto-Ron.

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J Anesth ; 29(1): 96-101, 2015 Feb.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24970677

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION: Seishu Hanaoka (1760-1835) left behind no books that he himself had written. This is why many aspects of Hanaoka-style general anesthesia using a mixture of herbal extracts, which he called mafutsu-san, remain unknown. We are able to learn about this technique today because there are several descriptions of it in books written by his students, such as Mafutsuto-Ron ("Treatise on Mafutsuto") by Gendai Kamata (1794-1854) and Yohka-Hiroku ("Secret Records of Surgery") by Gencho Homma (1804-1872). On the other hand, Geka-Kihai-Zufu ("Illustrations of Surgical Cases"), a surgical textbook, by Gendai Kamata, containing one of the oldest illustrations of general anesthesia published in 1840, was recently rediscovered (2011). For the first time, this book revealed, in the form of a picture image, the actual circumstances of Hanaoka-style general anesthesia. METHODS: We therefore compared the descriptions of general anesthesia featured in these three documents, and thereby investigated the actual anesthetic management and the procedures used. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: We found that the circumstances under which Hanaoka-style general anesthesia, using fabrics and futon mattresses, as well as blindfolding and constraining the patient's body during surgery, were exactly as described in Mafutsuto-Ron and Yohka-Hiroku. In addition, besides a surgeon conducting an operation, there was a physician who observed the patient's general condition. Gendai Kamata, the author of Geka-Kihai-Zufu, is believed to have recognized the importance of anesthetic care of surgical patients.


Subject(s)
Anesthesia, General/history , Anesthesiology/history , Female , General Surgery/history , History, 18th Century , History, 19th Century , Humans , Patients , Textbooks as Topic/history
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Masui ; 62(7): 894-7, 2013 Jul.
Article in Japanese | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23905421

ABSTRACT

We realized the looks of Gendai Kamada. At first, we found in a figure, in "Seishu Hanaoka and His Surgery" by Syuzo Kure, that the portrait described as that of Gendai is his father's. And we discovered the illustrations that illustrate the looks of Gendai in "Gekakihaizufu", which was a textbook of clinical anesthesia and surgery, printed in 1840. Using these illustrations, we realized the looks of Gendai Kamada.


Subject(s)
Anesthesiology/history , Books, Illustrated , History, 19th Century , Japan
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Masui ; 59(10): 1321-4, 2010 Oct.
Article in Japanese | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20960915

ABSTRACT

"Seishu Hanaoka and his surgery" by Shuzo Kure is one of the most important books for the study of Seishu Hanaoka. However, several incorrect descriptions have been pointed out in the book. Therefore, we checked the content about Seicho Kamata, a distinguished disciple of Seishu Hanaoka (p.154-163) in the book, and found three incorrect descriptions. The figure being described as that of Seicho Kamata is his father's. His graveyard being described as "Nyohoji" is truly "Daizenji". Seicho Kamata is also described as the second distinguished disciple of Seishu Hanaoka ; however, authors think that he was the first distinguished disciple from his career. Further investigation into the content of the book is necessary.


Subject(s)
General Surgery/history , History, 19th Century , Japan , Rare Books
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